How to Use quasi-public in a Sentence

quasi-public

adjective
Definition of quasi-publicnext
  • The quasi-public agency oversees the operation of the arena.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2024
  • Critics question whether the bank plays a quasi-public role that lends itself to a growing number of stakeholders.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • The group has been criticized for taking a quasi-public stance — taking pains to keep its members anonymous for fear of losing their jobs — against their bosses.
    — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The quasi-public agency committed $5.5 million toward the project.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The lawsuit describes it as a quasi-public project that required at least 30 percent of subcontractors to be owned by women or minorities.
    — Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 25 June 2023
  • Two of the quasi-public piers are currently permitted by the port for private dock use by three different upland homeowners, public records show.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And maybe a new quasi-public authority could be created to oversee these and other harbor resiliency projects.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Baltimore County will be able to acquire private land for redevelopment after local officials passed legislation to create a quasi-public vehicle aimed at revitalizing the west side of the county.
    — Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2023
  • The surveillance photos were taken by one of four investigators employed by the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, the quasi-public entity whose future is uncertain.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2023
  • These quasi-public entities—under government conservatorship since the subprime-mortgage meltdown—have congressional charters obligating them to benefit low-income households.
    — Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Even some public beaches are actually quasi-public, requiring costly annual or daily admission fees and limiting access to municipal residents.
    — Howard Husock, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024

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